General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

3

Total Parts

5

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

Dark brown wood box; silver metal fittings.

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length

23.9 cm

Width

4.4 cm

Height

4.5 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Medical Technology

Category

Medical equipment

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

Cambridge

Country

United States of America

State/Province

New York

City

Ossining

Context

Country

Unknown

State/Province

Unknown

Period

Contents produced, and presumably used 1936-1937; possibly also used later.

Canada

Part of a large collection of medical artifacts, archival material & trade literature transferred to CSTM in 2002 from the former History of Medicine Museum, Toronto, ON.

Function

To contain and protect contents when not in use.

Technical

Unknown

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

"OPEN WITH EXTREME CARE/ THIS BOX CONTAINS A FRAGILE/ SUSPENSION. REMOVE COVER WITH/ THIS FACE UP. SUSPENSION IS LOOSE/ IN BOX WHEN THIS COVER IS RE-/ MOVED./ CAMBRIDGE INSTRUMENT CO., Inc./ OSSINING, N.Y./ C.I. FORM 94" printed on paper label. "DETWEILER" printed by hand in blue ink in lower left corner of label. "ELECTROCARDIOGRAPH STRING/ NUMBER D- 8457/ RESISTANCE 2200- OMMS/ SHADOW 2.2 m/m/ F 3/ Z 3/ CAMBRIDGE INSTRUMENT CO., Inc./ OSSINING, N.Y./ C.I. CO. FORM 93". "8-3-39" printed by hand in black ink in lower right corner of paper label. "6" [or "9"] stamped into one corner of underside of lid. UHN catalogue no. "X969.6.13C" printed by hand in white ink on lid.

Missing

None.

Finish

Dark brown wood box; silver metal springs & mfr's plate; paper labels.

Decoration

N/A